SHORT REPORT - HEPATITIS-E INFECTION IN THE BRAZILIAN AMAZON

Authors
PANG L ALENCAR FEC CERUTTI C MILHOUS WK ANDRADE AL OLIVEIRA R KANESATHASAN N MACARTHY PO HOKE CH
Citation
L. Pang et al., SHORT REPORT - HEPATITIS-E INFECTION IN THE BRAZILIAN AMAZON, The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 52(4), 1995, pp. 347-348
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath","Tropical Medicine
Journal title
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029637
Volume
52
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
347 - 348
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9637(1995)52:4<347:SR-HII>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
This is the first report of serlogic evidence of hepatitis E infection in Brazil. During a community-based survey of healthy individuals, si x of 97 gold miners in the Amazon region of Mato Grosso had antibody t o the virus. The mining camps have poor sanitation with a great potent ial for fecal-oral transmission of disease. Since levels of hepatitis E antibodies may quickly wane, studies to directly measure the inciden ce of seroconversion are planned to determine the intensity of transmi ssion in this area.